Scumbags, the lot of them. Lock up Murdoch, fo' sho'. The rest can follow.

Make them an illegal operation they've not just illegally tapped phones but also now tampered with a criminal investigation! Deleting voice messages from her phone I'd throw the book at them, tampering with evidence, interfering in a criminal investigation to start with then anything else they can!

Aaaah - just looked it up. Question - why do all these women have a desire to leave their homeland - is it really that bad or are they all hoping to marry a Laker's star?

Women are still inferior in a lot of these countries.

Specific to Russia, alcoholism is a serious issue (my grandad, aunt and my uncle's wife all died from this in their 40s/50s). It's more common in men and a lot of women can no longer put up with it but can't afford to support themselves and there are no state benefits. For the younger ones it's just money.

Certainly, arranged marriages are a million times worse than these internet brides. If you watch the episode I posted you will see that brides do have a right and a choice through the organisations. You would be an idiot to think it's not for the money initially?